. >> reporter: critics be dammed says governor jerry brown who backs solar energy regardless of cost or consequence. >> we are adamantly opposed to that because we are the people living with it forever. >> reporter: riverside is home to more solar energy than anywhere else in the u.s. after billions of tax incentives and subsidies some call it a rip off. >> on the face of it it looks like a good deal. they talk about the huge jobs and long-term benefit to the county. we will be carrying the burden of having these types of facilities for decades to come. >> there isn't a single energy source in the ooh neate the united states that isn't subsidized right now. the truth is that the cost for solar power is going consistently down. >> reporter: costs are dropping but solar is still up to five times more expensive than conventional energy, and those plants tip he can lee play millions in local property taxes while solar pays next to nothing. when riverside tried to impose an impact fee big solar sued. >> the reason that we decided to litigate the riverside county tax is because it was an i